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MILDRED REIBENSTEIN HILLBOLDT

Bellville Times

Hillboldt

Mildred Reibenstein Hillboldt, 82, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009 in Columbus, Texas.
Funeral Services were held on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 3 p.m. from St. John Lutheran Church, Cat Spring, with the Rev. Kevin Haug officiating. Burial was
in the Millheim Cemetery.

Mildred was born on May 25, 1926 to Edmund and Lodima Wittenburg Reibenstein. They
lived in the Cleveland Community now known as Cat Spring. She attended Cleveland and Cat Spring schools and Sealy High School, of which she graduated in
1945. She was baptized and confirmed on Dec. 13, 1948 in St. John Lutheran Church of Bellville, by A. J. Mohr. On December 15, 1946 she married Leroy
Hillboldt in Sealy. They made their home in Millheim, until 2004 when she moved to Cat Spring to be closer to family and friends.

Mildred was a faithful member of the St. John Lutheran Church and an active member of the ladies
group. She served on the food committee which helped with funerals. She was a member of the Millheim Home Demonstration Club of which she was very
proud to have received her pin for 60 years of service. Mildred was very involved in numerous organizations which were the Millheim Harmonie Verein, Cat Spring
Agricultural Society, Sons of Hermann Nagel Lodge # 299 and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Cat Spring Volunteer Fire Department. She funded the construction of
the Millheim Cemetery Pavilion of which she was a director for many years. Gardening and canning the fruits of her harvest were a lifetime passion.